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Mythic Mandarin

且 (qiě): meaning and stroke order

且 (qiě) means and, moreover, yet, for the time being, to be about to, both (... and...).

且

Simplified
且
Traditional
且 (same form)
Pinyin
qiě

Stroke order of 且

且

  • qiě and; moreover
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 且

  1. qiě
    • and
    • moreover
    • yet
    • for the time being
    • to be about to
    • both (... and...)

Radical and structure

且
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 5 strokes · built from 𠀃 and 𠄠

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 且

且 in our stories

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  • 回来以后，他写下了一首词，就是流传至今的“定风波”。开头两句是：莫听穿林打叶声，何妨吟啸且徐行。

    huílai yǐhòu tā xiě xià le yì shǒu cí jiùshì liúchuán zhìjīn de Dìngfēngbō kāitóu liǎng jù shì mò tīng chuān lín dǎ yè shēng héfáng yín xiào qiě xú xíng

    When he got back he wrote a lyric, the "Calming the Waves" still known today. It begins: "Don't listen to the rain piercing the woods and beating the leaves; why not chant and whistle and walk on slowly?"

    From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 且

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).